As they say, nothing lasts forever ;) I like the idea. If a project like this gets going, I think I'd be interested in helping.
The Google mini looks very well done (they have two demos on the web page). For $5000, it's probably a very good solution for many businesses. If the demos are accurate, it seems like you almost literally plug it in, configure a few things using the web interface, and you're in business. Demos are at http://www.google.com/enterprise/mini/product_tours_demos.html -chris On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:40:53 -0800 (PST), Otis Gospodnetic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I discuss this with myself a lot.... inside my head... :) > Seriously, I agree with Erik. I think this is a business opportunity. > How many people are hating me now and going "shhhhhh"? Raise your > hands! > > Otis > > --- David Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This reminds me, has anyone every discussed something similar: > > > > - rackmount server ( or for coolness factor, that mini mac) > > - web i/f for config/control > > > > - of course the server would have the following s/w: > > -- web server > > -- lucene / nutch > > > > Part of the work here I think is having a decent web i/f to configure > > > > the thing and to customize the L&F of the search results. > > > > > > > > jian chen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was searching using google and just found that there was a new > > > feature called "google mini". Initially I thought it was another > > free > > > service for small companies. Then I realized that it costs quite > > some > > > money ($4,995) for the hardware and software. (I guess the > > proprietary > > > software costs a whole lot more than actual hardware.) > > > > > > The "nice" feature is that, you can only index up to 50,000 > > documents > > > with this price. If you need to index more, sorry, send in the > > > check... > > > > > > It seems to me that any small biz will be ripped off if they > > install > > > this google mini thing, compared to using Lucene to implement a > > easy > > > to use search software, which could search up to whatever number of > > > documents you could image. > > > > > > I hope the lucene project could get exposed more to the enterprise > > so > > > that people know that they have not only cheaper but more > > importantly, > > > BETTER alternatives. > > > > > > Jian > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
